BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) 鈥� Amy Hunt earned her third gold medal as Britain extended its sprint dominance at the European championships by winning both the men’s and women’s 4×100 relay at Alexander Stadium on Saturday.
Hunt, the 100 and 200 champion who on Sunday , ran the second leg for the women’s team that blew away the competition to finish in 42.05 seconds 鈥� more than 1 second faster than second-place Switzerland (43.12).
Romell Glave, the men’s 100-meter champion, ran the anchor leg to clinch victory for the men’s quartet in 38.45 seconds.
鈥淲e’ve won nearly all the medals, I think,鈥� Hunt told the BBC.
Dina Asher-Smith, who earned her seventh career gold at the European championships, ran the first leg. Hunt handed off to Success Eduan, who brought a big lead to Imani Lansiquot.
“These girls are so phenomenal,鈥� Lansiquot told the broadcaster. 鈥淭hey put me in the best possible position where I could just be free and enjoy it. That will be a memory for life.鈥�
Three-peat for Ukraine’s Mahuchikh
Olympic champion and world record holder cleared 1.97 meters to win her third consecutive high jump title at the European championships. It’s the first gold for Ukraine this week.
Mahuchikh is from of the ongoing war with Russia.
O鈥機onnor golden for Ireland
Ireland’s Kate O’Connor clinched gold in the women’s heptathlon after finishing the final event 鈥� 800 meters 鈥� in third place. She ran it in 2 minutes, 11.74 seconds.
O’Connor, the silver medalist at last year’s world championships, also won the heptathlon at the recent Commonwealth Games while competing for Northern Ireland.
It was Ireland’s second gold this week. Mark English won the men’s 800 on Thursday.
Women鈥檚 race walk world records set
Race walk world records were set in the inaugural women’s half-marathon and marathon events.
Spain’s Mar铆a P茅rez took gold in the half-marathon by finishing in 1 hour, 30 minutes, 6 seconds. About two hours later, 21-year-old Sofia Fiorini of Italy won the marathon title when she crossed the line in 3:15.11.
Both marks constitute world records for disciplines that became official distances only in January, governing body World Athletics said.
鈥淲orld Athletics set 1:30:30 as the performance standard required for the inaugural women鈥檚 half marathon world record and 3:17:00 for the women鈥檚 marathon world record,鈥� the governing body explained.
鈥淧茅rez surpassed the former by 24 seconds and Fiorini the latter by 1:49, making them the inaugural official world record-holders for the two distances.鈥�
Both world records are subject to the usual ratifications.
The 30-year-old P茅rez also holds the world record for the 35-kilometer race walk.
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